Display rack



H. SNYDER Sept. 8, 1931.

DI SPLAY RACK Filed Oct. 15. '1928 IN V EN T OR. /70// L 50 0 07 ATTIORNEY f atented Sept. 3, l93l UNITED STATES HARRY L. SNYDER, OFKANSAS CITY, MISSOURI DISPLAY RACK Application filed October 15, 1928. Serial No. 312,472.

My invention relates to display racks and more particularlyto racks of that character for supporting books, magazines and the like, the principal objects of the invention being to adjust supporting members to the sizes of the books, to latch the edges of books for retaining the same securely on the support, and to provide for quick and easy adjustment of latching members to the sizes of the books.

0 Further objects are to support a closed book and an open book on the same rack whereby the cover and contents may both be displayed, to latch the leaves of an open book, and to support the several portions thereof.

In accomplishingthese and other objects of the invention, I have provided improved details of structure the preferred forms of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Fig. l is a perspective view of a rack embodying my invention illustrated as supporting a closed and an open book. 7

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the rack.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary view of a bracing member for the rack.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged perspective view of a book supporting bracket.

Fig. 5 is a cross sectional view of the stand ard illustrating the provision of pairs of aligned openings to receive brackets and retainers. 7

Referring in detail to the drawings: 1 designates a standard comprising preferably a strip of metal having parallel flanges --2 provided with openings 3 forming pairs of aligned openings to receive a plurality of rack elements presently described, one of said elements being a foot or bracing member 4 comprising preferably a wire having its Q- intermediate portion bent to provide a. foot 5 adapted to engage the surface on which the rack is mounted. The portions of the wire are twisted together as at 6, and the outer ends are slightly backbent at an angle corresponding to the suitable inclination of the standard to the surface, to form arms 7 for engaging the back of the standard when the rack is set up, the wire ends then being bent laterally and forwardly to provide lat- "eral rack engaging arms 8 and fingers 9, the

fingers having tips 10 bent toward each other for mounting in the openings of the standard whereby a resilient and easily operable hinge is provided for connecting the brace with the standard. a r One of my purposes is to support a plurality of books or the like, for example magazines, in different positions on the rack and to adjust the supports for difierent sizes of magazines, and for this purpose I provide a movable bracket 11 comprising preferably a single wire having its intermediate portion bent to form parallel seats 12 and upbent to form a retaining book 13, the ends of the wires being bent parallel with the hook portion to form arms 14 and the tips being outbent to provide'lugs 15 engageable in a selected pair of openings 3, whereby the arms 14 may be pressed together for admitting the arms between the flanges of the standard and inserting the lugs in the openings. The mounted bracket will be rotatably' but securely supported from the standard, the arms lying against the surface thereof and the hook projecting outwardly from the flanges to receive a magazine.

I preferably form the lower end of the standard by bending it outwardly to com.

prise a lower shelf or bracket 16, and the outer end of the shelf 16 is upbent to form a'hook 17. A guard 18 comprising a strip or bar is mounted on the hook 17 with its ends extending laterally to engagethe front face of a magazine: and latch the leaves thereof when the magazine is mounted thereon in open position with portions outspread.

I further provide retaining members for latching the edges of the magazine and provide these preferably'in pairs associated with each of the types of brackets described, the retainers 19 and 20 associated withthe lower bracket comprising rods mounted in selected openings and slidable therein, selected ends of the rods being provided with hooks. 21 having fingers 22 extending in spaced relation with the bodies of the rods andadapted to rest against and latch the leaves of the' magazine. The rods are rotatable in the openings, whereby the fingers 22 tend to fall into engagement with the outer surface of the exposed portion of the magazine when the hooks are moved over the edges thereof. The opposite ends of the rods are preferably provided with latching or stop members 23 which may consist of upset portions of the rOds for stopping the outward movement thereof...

Retainers :24' associated with the upper bracket preferably comprise rods bent to form parallel arms 25 and 26 mounted in adjacent pairs of alignedbpenings and-- slidable therein, the intermediate portions of the rods being bent at 27 and 28 to form hooks 29 for engaging the vertical edges of a magazine mounted on the rack in closed position In, using the device thebrackets and retainersare provided'ofsize and shape suitable..-fo1'.-tl1e particular articles which are to be displayed, for example, a magazine. One copycof the magazine is mounted on the bracketll :and the retainers 24 are moved slidably laterally in the standard openings foriengaging. the hooks thereon with the op.

posite-vertical edges of the magazine to support, the upper end thereofand'to latch the pages-together against disturbance.

Another copy of-the-magazineis opened at a page;;whioh is desired to be displayed andthe heavier portion 30,-that is the side contain-ingsthe' largerunumbcr of pages, is mounted; on the shelf 16 approximately in alignment .;with .the .copy supported by the upper-'bracket, while the side 31 containing theismaller number of pagesqextends laterally from the standard- The guard 18 bears vagainst;thexlo-wer edges of the-sides Ofzthe magazine adjacent the lower margins to eprevent the leaves from crumpling and. 40 IDOVJIIgQtOWMZdS closed position. Theretain ers 19 and 20 are then moved slidably in their openingsdzo engage the hooks thereon .with

theaverticalwedges of the :magazine, it being." apparent; that sthe retainer '20 in the illuses 'trated use. will have .to belmovedicloserto therstandard to engage the heavier side of the magazine whilethe member '19 will have to be spaced considerably fromv the standard to permit the hook to engage the edge of that "sidemtVVhen in magazine engaging position the hookof the retainer 19 will be spaced substantially. from vthe standard.

The retaining rods therefore are especially adapted to brace and latch the outspread portions of a magazine whether the heavier portionmounted on the bracket is the left or the right hand side ofthe open book.

In whatever position the retainers may be placed theyserve to support the upper portion'svofthe magazine-in openposition and each-retainer. not only supports and latches the' outer edge of oneside. of themagazine butalso extends across to theopposite side of the magazine to assistin bracing and supporting. it.

tioninto adjacent pairs of aligned openings,

and being under tension will be frictionally l3.tOl16Cl"bHiZ.SllCliLblG in .the support. The points 23 may. then. be distorted to provide the, means for preventing complete withdrawal of the retainers.

What: I claim and desire to secureby Let-s ters Patent is:

1. In a display rack-ofthe character-described, a support having. parallelqflanges provided with-a series of-pairs of aligned opemngs, a book supporting brackethaving oifset lugs anounted in selected 0penings;on said flanges, and a rod ITIOHDtGdlD selectedopenings on said flanges and provided with a hook for engagingan edge of the book. i i

2. Ina rack of the character described, a support including. with spaced openings, a bracketinou-nted on the support,-and a. retainer slidably mounted.

in selected openings on said fianges'and provided with a hookfor engaging the edge of a book supported by the bracket.

3. In a display rack, a. support. including a standard having parallel flanges provided with pairs of aligned openings, abracket including resilient .arms .having. laterally extending lugs engaged-in a pair of aligned openings, and a retainer:slidablyzmounted in selected openings. in saidflanges and provided with :a hook forengagingzthe edgeof abook I supportedbysthe bracket.

4. In a display rack of the OhilI'iLCllGl'fdG-a scribed, a support having parallel flanges provided :witlr .a series of pairs of aligned openparallel flanges provided ings, a plurality of vertically spaced brackets mounted on the support, rods slidablymounted in a selected pair of openings in the flanges and provided with hooks for engagingedges:

of books adaptedto be mounted on the brackets, and a brace member ineludingresilient fingers 'engaged'in a selected pair of openings in the flanges.

5 In a display rack of the character described, a support, a bracket mounted on the support, a retainer provided with'a hook for engaging theedge' of a display-article supported by the bracket, a-nd a brace member i,

including. resilient fingers engaging the. isiip-z port, the support beingprovidedwith a plurality of pairs of aligned openingsreceiving the retainer and the resilient fingers of the V brace.

6. A display rack of the character described comprising a support having spaced pairs of aligned openings, a bracket mounted on the support, and retainers mounted to slide laterally in the openings of the support including a latching member comprising a rod bent to form resilient arms, said arms being tensioned for mounting in adjacent pairs of openings for frictional engagement therein, and said member having a hook on one end for engaging the edge of a book supported by the bracket.

I testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

HARRY L. SNYDER. 

